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mariacallous · 2 months ago

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In 2023, the fast-fashion giant Shein was everywhere. Crisscrossing the globe, airplanes ferried small packages of its ultra-cheap clothing from thousands of suppliers to tens of millions of customer mailboxes in 150 countries. Influencers’ “#sheinhaul” videos advertised the company’s trendy styles on social media, garnering billions of views.

At every step, data was created, collected, and analyzed. To manage all this information, the fast fashion industry has begun embracing emerging AI technologies. Shein uses proprietary machine-learning applications — essentially, pattern-identification algorithms — to measure customer preferences in real time and predict demand, which it then services with an ultra-fast supply chain.

As AI makes the business of churning out affordable, on-trend clothing faster than ever, Shein is among the brands under increasing pressure to become more sustainable, too. The company has pledged to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 25 percent by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050.

But climate advocates and researchers say the company’s lightning-fast manufacturing practices and online-only business model are inherently emissions-heavy — and that the use of AI software to catalyze these operations could be cranking up its emissions. Those concerns were amplified by Shein’s third annual sustainability report, released late last month, which showed the company nearly doubled its carbon dioxide emissions between 2022 and 2023.

“AI enables fast fashion to become the ultra-fast fashion industry, Shein and Temu being the fore-leaders of this,” said Sage Lenier, the executive director of Sustainable and Just Future, a climate nonprofit. “They quite literally could not exist without AI.” (Temu is a rapidly rising ecommerce titan, with a marketplace of goods that rival Shein’s in variety, price, and sales.)

In the 12 years since Shein was founded, it has become known for its uniquely prolific manufacturing, which reportedly generated over $30 billion of revenue for the company in 2023. Although estimates vary, a new Shein design may take as little as 10 days to become a garment, and up to 10,000 items are added to the site each day. The company reportedly offers as many as 600,000 items for sale at any given time with an average price tag of roughly $10. (Shein declined to confirm or deny these reported numbers.) One market analysis found that 44 percent of Gen Zers in the United States buy at least one item from Shein every month.

That scale translates into massive environmental impacts. According to the company’s sustainability report, Shein emitted 16.7 million total metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2023 — more than what four coal power plants spew out in a year. The company has also come under fire for textile waste, high levels of microplastic pollution, and exploitative labor practices. According to the report, polyester — a synthetic textile known for shedding microplastics into the environment — makes up 76 percent of its total fabrics, and only 6 percent of that polyester is recycled.

And a recent investigation found that factory workers at Shein suppliers regularly work 75-hour weeks, over a year after the company pledged to improve working conditions within its supply chain. Although Shein’s sustainability report indicates that labor conditions are improving, it also shows that in third-party audits of over 3,000 suppliers and subcontractors, 71 percent received a score of C or lower on the company’s grade scale of A to E — mediocre at best.

Machine learning plays an important role in Shein’s business model. Although Peter Pernot-Day, Shein’s head of global strategy and corporate affairs, told Business Insider last August that AI was not central to its operations, he indicated otherwise during a presentation at a retail conference at the beginning of this year.

“We are using machine-learning technologies to accurately predict demand in a way that we think is cutting edge,” he said. Pernot-Day told the audience that all of Shein’s 5,400 suppliers have access to an AI software platform that gives them updates on customer preferences, and they change what they’re producing to match it in real time.

“This means we can produce very few copies of each garment,” he said. “It means we waste very little and have very little inventory waste.” On average, the company says it stocks between 100 to 200 copies of each item — a stark contrast with more conventional fast-fashion brands, which typically produce thousands of each item per season, and try to anticipate trends months in advance. Shein calls its model “on-demand,” while a technology analyst who spoke to Vox in 2021 called it “real-time” retail.

At the conference, Pernot-Day also indicated that the technology helps the company pick up on “micro trends” that customers want to wear. “We can detect that, and we can act on that in a way that I think we’ve really pioneered,” he said. A designer who filed a recent class action lawsuit in a New York District Court alleges that the company’s AI market analysis tools are used in an “industrial-scale scheme of systematic, digital copyright infringement of the work of small designers and artists,” that scrapes designs off the internet and sends them directly to factories for production.

In an emailed statement to Grist, a Shein spokesperson reiterated Peter Pernot-Day’s assertion that technology allows the company to reduce waste and increase efficiency and suggested that the company’s increased emissions in 2023 were attributable to booming business. “We do not see growth as antithetical to sustainability,” the spokesperson said.

An analysis of Shein’s sustainability report by the Business of Fashion, a trade publication, found that last year, the company’s emissions rose at almost double the rate of its revenue — making Shein the highest-emitting company in the fashion industry. By comparison, Zara’s emissions rose half as much as its revenue. For other industry titans, such as H&M and Nike, sales grew while emissions fell from the year before.

Shein’s emissions are especially high because of its reliance on air shipping, said Sheng Lu, a professor of fashion and apparel studies at the University of Delaware. “AI has wide applications in the fashion industry. It’s not necessarily that AI is bad,” Lu said. “The problem is the essence of Shein’s particular business model.”

Other major brands ship items overseas in bulk, prefer ocean shipping for its lower cost, and have suppliers and warehouses in a large number of countries, which cuts down on the distances that items need to travel to consumers.

According to the company’s sustainability report, 38 percent of Shein’s climate footprint comes from transportation between its facilities and to customers, and another 61 percent come from other parts of its supply chain. Although the company is based in Singapore and has suppliers in a handful of countries, the majority of its garments are produced in China and are mailed out by air in individually addressed packages to customers. In July, the company sent about 900,000 of these to the US every day.

Shein’s spokesperson told Grist that the company is developing a decarbonization road map to address the footprint of its supply chain. Recently, the company has increased the amount of inventory it stores in US warehouses, allowing it to offer American customers quicker delivery times, and increased its use of cargo ships, which are more carbon-efficient than cargo planes.

“Controlling the carbon emissions in the fashion industry is a really complex process,” Lu said, adding that many brands use AI to make their operations more efficient. “It really depends on how you use AI.”

There is research that indicates using certain AI technologies could help companies become more sustainable. “It’s the missing piece,” said Shahriar Akter, an associate dean of business and law at the University of Wollongong in Australia. In May, Akter and his colleagues published a study finding that when fast-fashion suppliers used AI data management software to comply with big brands’ sustainability goals, those companies were more profitable and emitted less. A key use of this technology, Atker says, is to closely monitor environmental impacts, such as pollution and emissions. “This kind of tracking was not available before AI-based tools,” he said.

Shein told Grist it does not use machine-learning data management software to track emissions, which is one of the uses of AI included in Akter’s study. But the company’s much-touted usage of machine-learning software to predict demand and reduce waste is another of the uses of AI included in the research.

Regardless, the company has a long way to go before meeting its goals. Grist calculated that the emissions Shein reportedly saved in 2023 — with measures such as providing its suppliers with solar panels and opting for ocean shipping — amounted to about 3 percent of the company’s total carbon emissions for the year.

Lenier, from Sustainable and Just Future, believes there is no ethical use of AI in the fast-fashion industry. She said that the largely unregulated technology allows brands to intensify their harmful impacts on workers and the environment. “The folks who work in fast-fashion factories are now under an incredible amount of pressure to turn out even more, even faster,” she said.

Lenier and Lu both believe that the key to a more sustainable fashion industry is convincing customers to buy less. Lu said if companies use AI to boost their sales without changing their unsustainable practices, their climate footprints will also grow accordingly. “It’s the overall effect of being able to offer more market-popular items and encourage consumers to purchase more than in the past,” he said. “Of course, the overall carbon impact will be higher.”

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andmaybegayer · 3 months ago

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I may have a chance to acquire a new laptop for free from work.

My last laptop that I purchased was the immense MSI we've spoken of previously, and it lasted me about ten years (I mean the battery didn't, it was a mobile desktop for the last 5ish years, but still).

Since I'd probably be primarily running some flavor of Linux on it, I'd intended to get a current-gen Ryzen, but your recent posts about the Snapdragon processors have me curious. If you were to get a new computer today, for personal use (probably not gaming, I do all that on my desktop these days), what kind of hardware would you be after?

Snapdragon X really isn't up to real world use on Linux yet, so I'd give it a miss, honestly at the moment running Asahi on a MacBook would be better supported.

Current Ryzen is a great shout, probably one of the mid-spec ones would fit your needs well, like the Ryzen 7 AI 365. I'm not fully up on which manufacturers have models with the new 300 series Ryzen AI processors, I think Asus has some, but you might have to wait a month or so for everyone to roll out their designs. Just watch out, there's been a ton of Ryzen releases so it's easy to mix up the recent but not new 8000 series with the new 300 series, which have pretty sizeable efficiency differences.

With anything modern a consideration is that DDR5 will pretty much always be soldered, so you have to get enough RAM when you buy, but that shouldn't be an issue if your employer is getting it.

#computer stuff #kelp-of-discontent

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materialsscienceandengineering · 3 months ago

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is hot right now. Also hot: the data centers that power the technology. And keeping those centers cool requires a tremendous amount of energy. The problem is only going to grow as high-powered AI-based computers and devices become commonplace. That's why University of Missouri researcher Chanwoo Park is devising a new type of cooling system that promises to dramatically reduce energy demands. "Cooling and chip manufacturing go hand-in-hand," said Park, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the Mizzou College of Engineering. "Without proper cooling, components overheat and fail. Energy-efficient data centers will be key to the future of AI computing."

Read more on Govindhtech.com

#lenovo #mediatek #chromebook #chromeos #laptop #technology #technews #govindhtech

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lisakeller22 · 2 months ago

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Explore the blog to know the benefits of generative AI in the manufacturing sector, also learn about the key challenges manufacturing businesses face and how generative AI helps to solve them.

#Gen AI and Manufacturing Industry #Gen AI

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johnsongray22 · 7 months ago

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How can the manufacturing sector leverage generative AI for informed decision-making, enhanced productivity, and improved product quality? Go through the blog to learn about the use cases and benefits of generative AI in the manufacturing industry.

#Gen AI in Manufacturing #manufacturing #Gen AI #Generative AI in Manufacturing #Generative AI in Manufacturing Sector

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cheryltechwebz · 3 months ago

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#gen ai solution for manufacturing

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usafphantom2 · 1 year ago

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AFMC innovation team revolutionizing stealth fighter fleet

Published June 7, 2023

By 412th Test Wing Public Affairs

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --

An F-35 from the 461st Flight Test Squadron recently took flight here with a complement of software applications developed by government and industry providers previously tested on the F-22 – demonstrating for the first time the ability to use the same tactical software applications on both stealth fighters.

That success was immediately followed by another milestone when those applications were updated by software developers at Hill AFB in Utah and flown at Edwards less than 24 hours later.

These F-35 flights were the latest successes of an innovation project developed by a team of Edwards test pilots, software developers from the 309th Software Engineering Group and the Air Combat Command Federal Laboratory. This project has now accomplished three key advancements that team members call game-changers for the future of the stealth fighter fleet, and potentially all DOD aircraft. These innovations are the ability to use the same software across different military aircraft; the ability to source that software from a diverse set of suppliers including software industry leaders and government labs; and the ability to update that software in less than a day, 30-60 times faster than previously possible. Together these improvements are poised to deliver cutting-edge technology to the stealth fighter fleet at a fraction of the current time and cost, team members say.

Historically, military aircraft have relied solely on the aircraft manufacturer to perform software upgrades or modifications, with limited ability to integrate software from external vendors. Additionally, because of the integrated nature of stealth aircraft software, development and implementation of software changes have previously required a lengthy process, limiting front-line aircraft to annual software updates regardless of operational developments and requirements. Further, each aircraft required a unique development and testing process, driving up costs and delaying implementation.

To change this dynamic, the team partnered to develop and implement a government-owned and -controlled “app store” for these fighters. This was accomplished by combining government-owned software architecture with advanced processing onboard these aircraft and setting up a government software space for new tactical software. The team is now working to populate this space with the advanced capabilities these fighters need to maintain their dominance in the skies.

“The ability to use common software across the F-35 and F-22 is going to dramatically change how we bring capabilities to the front line,” said Lt. Col. Raven LeClair, project co-founder and F-35 test pilot. “Now instead of having to define, purchase, test and field a software capability on each aircraft individually, we can gain a lot of efficiencies by developing a capability once and fielding it on all 5th gen fighters, saving hundreds of millions of dollars, if not more, in development costs and saving years in development time.”

The team also highlighted the benefits brought by access to a larger pool of software providers. “There has been a lot of attention on how the military can harness the best contributions from government, industry and academia to maintain its edge, but there have historically been sizable barriers to entry into the defense market,” said Maj. Allen Black, project co-founder and F-22 test pilot. “This has been especially true with aircraft software since only the aircraft’s manufacturer could develop and integrate software onto the aircraft. They produce a fantastic product but being able to add to that baseline with capabilities created by software leaders in fields like AI/autonomy and cybersecurity will be transformative. This has the added benefit of increasing the number of companies and personnel working to modernize and enhance our combat aircraft fleet, resulting in higher throughput and faster progress modernizing our aircraft,” Black said.

While emphasizing the significant benefits of cross-platform compatibility and a more open market for software, the team is quick to point out that speed of delivery is perhaps the most vital. “The National Defense Strategy identifies the need to rapidly experiment and then streamline acquisitions to get capabilities out to the warfighter on strategically relevant timelines,” said Maj. Cameron Jones, F-22 test pilot and part of the founding team. “It is vital that we are able to rapidly develop and deliver capability, because the best software in the world won’t make a difference if it’s late to the fight.”

The team has taken up that mission and is working to establish that ability on existing weapon systems that weren’t originally built to accommodate the modern pace of software innovation. “This project allows us to load new software and update existing software separate from the safety of flight systems of the aircraft so we can make changes in a matter of hours instead of months. This capability means that developers will be able to make quick changes based off pilot feedback, dramatically shortening the time to get a fieldable product,” Jones said.

“This project helps to set the foundation required for agile combat employment,” said Marine Corps Maj. Kyle McLeod, the project’s lead F-35 test pilot. “We need to be able to rapidly adapt and update our weapon systems based on emerging intel or changing conditions while executing distributed operations. We demonstrated just that with this test. We flew a set of applications at Edwards, updated the simulated threat dataset in the software from the development location at Hill AFB and re-flew the software in less than 24 hours.”

One of the team’s top priorities has been to leverage this new technology to help secure these aircraft from cyberattacks. Omar Morales, F-35 lead software engineer at the 309th SWEG, said, “In addition to ensuring cyber best practices in the software development pipeline, we’re also using this new software environment to add cyber protection tools from leaders in industry. Our test included cybersecurity applications that we are evaluating that can monitor the aircraft and identify anomalous behavior. We are working to leverage these types of products to allow us to identify and then fix potential cyber issues quickly, even between sorties, while also defending the aircraft in real time.”

Team members say this project’s benefits go beyond the improved software capabilities it brings to the aircraft. The project is proving to be a source of inspiration and motivation for those who joined the test world to make a difference. Jarron Lembke, project team lead at the 309th said, “Working on this project has been incredibly fulfilling for our team, as our people genuinely believe they are making a difference for our nation.” Lembke said one of his lead engineers said this flight was one of the proudest moments of his career. The opportunity to collaborate on a new and groundbreaking project that contributes to national defense not only yields immediate capability benefits but is playing a pivotal role in attracting and retaining invaluable talent, Lembke said.

The idea for the project, dubbed Project FOX, was conceived over coffee at Edwards. What followed were months of research with system and software experts and subsequent partnerships that proved vital in shaping and executing the idea. With a plan in place and a team assembled, the group turned to execute but was faced with the stark reality of not having an established line of funding. “The military budgeting process can take upwards of two years so we were worried we might be stuck,” LeClair said. “Fortunately, we had fantastic support from the 412th Test Wing and the wing innovation cell. We briefed them on our idea and plan for execution and they were able to assist us with securing the initial funding, which was vital. Those funds allowed us to get the idea off the ground – literally.”

The idea was submitted to the Air Force’s annual Spark Tank competition, ultimately advancing to become a finalist where it was pitched to the senior leaders of the Air Force including the Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Raymond. The project is now part of the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s Innovation Portfolio and is continuing to revolutionize software development and fielding, including ongoing work on software to control unmanned wingmen, team members said.

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bulksmsbymsgclub · 2 years ago

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Verified WhatsApp For Restaurants, Hotels & Cafe’s

WhatsApp Business, WhatsApp Business API, Verified WhatsApp

In the restaurant business, it’s all about convenience, speed, and quality. You have already won half the battle if you can find a customer support avenue that guarantees these three. This is the rationale behind the creation of a brand-new WhatsApp meal ordering and delivery system.

It’s a wise move for your F&B business to try to reach out on platforms that your customers already frequently use. It facilitates relationships and creates a channel that serves as both a marketing tool and a channel for customer assistance. One such tool that can assist you in achieving all these without significantly depleting your money is WhatsApp Business for restaurants.

On your Android or iPhone, you can download WhatsApp Business without charge. To reach your intended customers, just register a business account and fill it out with pertinent information (such as contact information, your company’s name, and logo, opening hours, etc.). This service can be very helpful to small Businesses.

The opportunity: How WhatsApp Business can revolutionize your restaurant operations through AI

An app like WhatsApp has limitless market potential. WhatsApp is used by more than two billion people worldwide. Within a year of its 2018 launch, WhatsApp Business had amassed more than five million subscribers.

This is a very well-liked method of accessing services, scheduling appointments, ordering home delivery, and other things in the current market. Restaurants may make good use of these related traits. You can guarantee quicker customer service and more reach by allowing WhatsApp ordering at your restaurant.

You provide clients with a simple way to contact you with WhatsApp Business for restaurants so they can place orders, reserve tables, plan events, and contact you with any questions or issues. This can greatly benefit your local business and expand your customer base.

The issue WhatsApp Business can address

Due to rising competition, business owners of restaurants and home delivery services are seeking strategies to expand their customer base without spending a lot of money on advertising. Given that more users now prefer to order takeaway, this is now more crucial.

Research by the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association found that 24% of Gen-Z and 21% of millennials each order home delivery three to four times each week. The post-pandemic world is, to put it mildly, much more on-demand friendly.

Additionally, because they run on-demand or with a tiny staff, small businesses cannot afford to invest in advertising, billboards, or even outside food delivery services.

Such enterprises require a low-cost avenue to:

Promote their goods

Performing service deliveries

Actively interact with consumers

broadcasting offers and availability

The tools that WhatsApp for small businesses offers enable users to perform all these tasks and more.

Conversational AI is the solution.

A platform that provides the following can help restaurant businesses with their reachability issue:

automated customer service and problem solving

Lead generation and conversion

interaction with customers using their preferred medium

CSAT (customer satisfaction) and NPS (net promoter score) improvement

Personalized and prompt customer service

Affordable and widely accessible service

Learn more about why: Why is Everyone Talking about WhatsApp Chatbots for Food Tech?

One of the most popular apps in the world is WhatsApp. WhatsApp is used by 96% of all smartphone users in India alone. For a sizable portion of people in nations like the US, UAE, etc., WhatsApp is the main platform for online communication. As a result, it is a fantastic marketing tool for restaurant owners.

If a customer can get food and drinks through WhatsApp, they are more likely to do so than if they had to call a business and deal with waiting times or network problems.

Restaurants’ WhatsApp Business use cases

In just a few seconds, WhatsApp Business links companies with potential clients. It moves customer service beyond making an online purchase and has effectively supplanted antiquated methods like calling in orders.

This is the best route a company can offer its clients for tailored responses, requests, and query resolutions.

We will trace a customer’s path through a restaurant company’ sales funnel using the use cases that follow.

1. Generate, evaluate, and qualify leads quickly for smoother online-ordering

Lead generation is the first stage in every sales funnel. In the online restaurant sector, conversion cycles are frequently brief and quick. As a result, it’s critical for restaurants to review and validate leads as soon as possible customers present themselves.

Once a client messages your company on WhatsApp, you can get their name and phone number. additional information, including location, preferences, and email ID. You can also direct customers to WhatsApp and increase your lead generation by including a “click to chat” link on your website or in your ads.

After the initial message, you can chat with the client via the WhatsApp API for 24 hours. After that, you’ll need the customer’s opt-in consent to continue talking to them.

2. Quickly respond to inquiries during the ordering process or afterward

People who are hungry want answers now, please!

That is what an AI chatbot for WhatsApp can achieve! They could inquire about the location of your restaurant, the menu, the services, the return procedures, and the customization possibilities.

While assisting customers with placing food orders on WhatsApp, you can instantly respond to these questions.

3. Immediately acknowledge and validate placed orders

After addressing the FAQs, placing orders is the next step. The procedure for placing an order should be straightforward and comprise as few stages as feasible. This keeps the customer’s interaction light and enjoyable.

If this stage has too many obstacles, the customer can decide not to place an order from your restaurant.

Making an order also involves submitting requests for things like event and table reservations. There must be a customized response for each request.

4. Enable quick payment for orders from your users.

Recently, WhatsApp unveiled its payment tool, which your users can also use for companies. As an alternative, you can address any problems customers might be having paying for the order while simultaneously pointing them to additional payment alternatives over WhatsApp. For streamlined checkouts, you can link a variety of payment gateways with your chatbot.

Here’s how to seamlessly accept payments by integrating Platform with MsgClub.

5. Provide them with order tracking in real-time to ease their minds.

The importance of delivery updates in ensuring a good customer experience cannot be overstated. When the food is ready for delivery, providing an estimated time of arrival, and communicating the delivery person’s contact information are all necessary steps. You may also use a WhatsApp chatbot and the WhatsApp API to send automatic push alerts for the same.

6. Bad food? Inaccurate items? Refunds and returns that have been validated

Refunds and returns play a significant role in the restaurant business as well. The customer must have a platform to ask for returns or refunds if they decide they don’t like the food or run into other issues.

You may arrange returns, start refunds, and take additional actions to help a dissatisfied customer using WhatsApp Business.

7. Your user loved a dish or a restaurant? Let them place repeat orders

Your customers can order their preferred items from their preferred eateries. Giving your users discounts and vouchers is one way to thank them for their loyalty. This may encourage them to make more frequent orders from you.

By allowing users to gain discounts through a slot machine game each time they finish placing an order from one location, for instance, Swiggy recently made food ordering much more involved and exciting. Users are drawn back to their service to place more orders thanks to a sizable 30% discount on the following order.

8. “How did your order go?” Gather comments and ratings

The gathering of client feedback improves the customer experience. As soon as a sale is over, make sure to quickly gather feedback over WhatsApp so that your customers are more inclined to submit their most recent feedback. Your customers are more likely to reply to requests for feedback on WhatsApp than on SMS or emails because more people use chat apps.

9. How did the food delivery go? Encourage your users to recommend their friends

Having a satisfied stomach encourages positive word of mouth.

You can urge clients to tell their friends and family about your company. According to research, if a friend recommends a new restaurant, consumers are four times more likely to try it.

10. Discover what your users enjoy by gathering customer information.

The meal delivery option for WhatsApp Business makes long-term customer information collection simpler. This also holds true for clients who may have recently changed their phone number or other contact information.

Only from MsgClub, your all-in-one WhatsApp chatbot for your restaurant business

So it turns out there are a tonne of things a WhatsApp chatbot can do for your restaurant! A capable WhatsApp chatbot delivers a wide range of functions that can automate and expedite the majority of your customer communication, from accepting orders to making payments.

At MsgClub, we work hard to maintain a high standard when it comes to providing your clients with positive support experiences. We are an authorized WhatsApp Business Solution Provider, therefore we know exactly what it takes to launch your company on WhatsApp successfully. We’d like to provide you access to our free in-depth guide to WhatsApp customer support to give you a head start.

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demigirlboss2girlrotboogaloo · 1 year ago

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(LAST UPDATED: 21/10/23)

So, this is an absolutely excellent and mostly correct post when it comes to buying systems from what are known as Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) or System Integrators (SIs). Some lesser known SIs that still do good work, though which will likely also be far more expensive, are Falcon Northwest and Puget Systems. For mini PCs (the kind that ms-demeanour up there mentioned mounting behind monitors), Minisforum has a broad and high quality portfolio, as do Beelink, ASRock, and Asus.

Some points I disagree with on this post: Ryzen 5 is perfectly fine for most people who aren't doing AI, ProViz, or CAD work (and if you don't know what those words mean then you probably don't need a Ryzen 7 or 9). As for generations, look for at least Ryzen 2000, ideally 3000 or above. For Intel generations, I would say to try to avoid anything older than 12th Gen, as that generation brought some absolutely massive performance and efficiency improvements, and was preceded by a good few dud gens. Also, 13th Gen and onwards i3s are shockingly powerful, and will do a good turn for a lot of use cases. FOR LAPTOPS ONLY 14th Gen releasing in December might potentially blow all the other advice here out of the water, so if you can afford to wait you probably should.

With all that said, what if none of the SIs have what you need? What if you wanna build your own system to save a buck? Here's some advice if you're in the "building my own PC for the first time" boat.

Part 1: What You Need

If you're building your own computer, it will have to be a desktop. Laptops are built to dance on a razor's edge of not fucking burning down sobbing (unless you're Apple in which case you slip on a banana peel, faceplant on the pavement, and then explode), and you cannot build your own from scratch for reasons which are beyond the scope of this post.

So, while building your own desktop, what exactly do you need?

Components:

Motherboard

Power Supply

CPU

RAM

Storage

Graphics Card

Case

Tools:

1x Phillips Head Screwdriver

A Dream

Part 2: What You Want

Before we start looking for parts, you need to first decide what exactly it is you'll be using the system for. If you're reading this post right now you're either one of my poor hapless mutuals that I just slammed this onto the dash of (I apologize but not sincerely), or you're not the most caught up to current Gen hardware. Assuming the latter case, I'm also going to assume you're not a homelabber or data scientist (but if you are and need help with speccing a workstation system reblog this and I will happily discuss those cases at length).

With that in mind, here's some advice for two fairly common use cases.

Use Case 1: New Reliable

So your parent/child/friend/elderly relative's old shitbox finally gave up the ghost, and now they need something to replace it. This advice is for systems that you want to build once, take apart never. You want this system to last with zero maintenance for the next five to ten years, at which point you will be upgrading it again anyway. This system is not going to be doing much gaming or heavy professional work, but as an Internet browsing machine with some occasional Minecraft and Fortnite this thing will be more than sufficient.

Motherboard: Get the cheapest one with okay reviews on PC Part Picker. ASRock is a safe bet, as is Asus and potentially MSI. Biostar tends to cheap out on quality, but the retail price generally reflects that, similar for Maxsun. Do not spend more than 100 dollars on the motherboard. You do not need anything more advanced than the bare minimum. For Intel systems, look for something with H610 or H610M in the name. For AMD Ryzen systems, look for something with A320 in the name.

Power Supply: NEVER EVER EVER CHEAP OUT ON THE FUCKING POWER SUPPLY, EVER. A bad power supply can kill the rest of your system when it goes. That said, there are still lots of options that are trash, while not being hazardous. Among these the champ is, of course, the Thermaltake Smart lineup of power supplies. They suck poopy ass, but they aren't going to burn your fucking house down or anything. If you've got the budget though, spring for something from EVGA, Silverstone, or Seasonic. For wattages, something 500-650W should be fine for a system like this, and still leaves room for a minor GPU installation down the line should one be desired (though nothing with a high power draw). The extra headroom also helps manage transient spikes in power draw, which are fairly commonplace on modern processors.

CPU: Get a Core i3-13100 or a Ryzen 3 3200G. I could give advice on how to shop for CPUs for a system like this, but I feel it's more helpful to just tell you the specific thing you're gonna want for this usecase, since this part of the product stack is generally pretty barren from both manufacturers.

RAM: Get a 2x8 gigabyte kit. Do not get two separate 8 gig sticks or one 16 gig one. Make sure you are getting the right *type* of memory (for the motherboards and CPUs described here, that is DDR4). Get the cheapest kit you can find. Casual Internet browsing is not going to be feeling bone hurt from shitty slow RAM.

Graphics Card: Don't bother. For a system like this, a graphics card is just one more thing that can break down and fail (since fans gradually wear out over time and eventually need to be replaced). The integrated graphics on the above CPUs will be more than sufficient for day to day use. However, if you do need or want a graphics card, do *not* get anything from Nvidia in the 30 tier (i.e GT 730, GT 1030, or GTX 1630), or anything from AMD below the "600" tier (RX 550, RX 5500, RX 6400, et cetera). From Intel, anything above an A380 is more than sufficient. The A580 is an especially tempting value proposition if you're buying new, but if you're okay with used and refurbished cards you can get an RX 580 for less than 100 USD, and it is still very much a card worth your consideration.

Case: Get something cheap, but not too cheap. Anything from Cooler Master's MasterBox lineup should be perfectly sufficient. Built-in case fans suck poopy ass. Replace them. More on cooling in a sidebar later in the post.

With a system built on the above specs, internet browsing, Zoom calls, sending emails, typing up Word documents, and spreadsheets that deal with anything less than the net accounts of a multimillion dollar corporation should be handled without breaking a sweat, as well as some light gaming like Minecraft or Fortnite, though don't expect it to be smoking Starfield at max settings. Then again, nothing can really run Starfield at max settings because it's such an unoptimized piece of shit, but I digress.

Use Case 2: Budget Bruiser

A whole lot of power in a very cramped budget. The real "most gamers still play at 1080p" build, this is going to be comfortable for a lot of people building their own because they can't afford the assembly surcharges of SI systems

Motherboard: Similar advice as New Reliable on this one. ASRock is good, don't spend more than 100 USD on this unless you absolutely cannot get the features you need otherwise. However, when you're not just looking for the bare minimum that works, there are some other things to keep an eye out for. For starters, rear I/O.

This is what a fairly "standard" rear I/O arrangement looks like. Bunch of USB-A Ports, one or two USB-C ports, audio, Ethernet, and some video outputs like HDMI and DVI. Combined with the USB ports on your case, these will be more than enough for pretty much everyone. Seriously, even with a mouse, keyboard, USB mic, flash drive, DAC, and pen tablet all plugged in simultaneously, I still don't run out of USB-A connectors, just on the motherboard, before accounting for the ones on my case or those added by a USB hub. Unless you need SPDIF or cleaner power delivery out of your USB ports for sensitive audio equipment or something else that just isn't available in the sub-100 dollar price segment, 80-90 dollar motherboards like the one pictured above (the ASRock B450M Pro4 R2.0, currently available for 78 dollars on Amazon) are the way to go.

Another crucial consideration when it comes to motherboards is the chipset. The sweetspot on price-to-performance is generally found in the B-series chipsets from both vendors (B450/B550/B650 from AMD, B460/B550/B660 from Intel). They provide more than the bare minimum of features, but unlike their X (for AMD) or Z (for Intel) series sisters, they won't bankrupt you. Finally, expansion:

The slots outlined in red are RAM slots. You will generally get at least two of these in any desktop motherboard, though you're going to want to get four for the extra capacity potential it affords you at a lower price compared to going for extremely high densities.

The other three slots are Peripheral Component Interconnect Express or PCIe slots. You will want at least one of the big ones, preferably more, and ideally one of the small ones. However, if you look closely and compare the slots highlighted in green and yellow, you will notice that the green one has "pins" all along the top of its length, while the yellow one only has a handful. You want a big slot with pins all the way down, as having fewer electrical connections means a slower slot that will reduce performance significantly.

Power Supply: ONCE AGAIN I CANNOT STATE ENOUGH THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT CHEAPING OUT ON YOUR PSU. For finding high quality PSUs that are efficient, quiet, and possess all the protections you need to make sure a power surge doesn't fry your system, Cybenetics' database of power supplies is an absolutely amazing resource. As for wattage, it depends on your CPU and graphics card, but generally something in the 850W-1000W range is probably safe so as to leave ample headroom for upgrading down the line.

CPU: Choosing a CPU and graphics card pairing is one of the most difficult and infuriating parts of any build. However, some general advice to make the process less painful is as follows: Firstly, aim for components within the same place in the product stack. A Core i9 with an RTX 3060 is going to result in the i9 spending most of its time twiddling its thumbs waiting for the 3060 to play catch-up. Given that we're aiming to not break the bank here, I'd recommend aiming in the Ryzen 5/Core i5 category, and getting something recent and modern. Good picks for this are the Ryzen 5 3600X, the Ryzen 5 5600, Ryzen 7 5700X (if you're lucky you can snag them shockingly cheap on sales), and Ryzen 5 7600 from the AMD side of the aisle. Intel's Core i5-12600KF spent a solid year as the uncontested price-to-performance dominator, and its newer siblings, the 13600KF and 14600KF, have both carried on that legacy admirably. Aiming for the 7 tier, the Ryzen 7 7700(X) is largely the same as its little sister, the 7600, and can be mostly safely ignored. The Core i7-14700K brings a noticeable amount of performance over the 13700K, but depending on pricing in your region the single-digit uplift might not be worth the extra cost.

RAM: Regarding capacity, 16 gigs is a good amount that'll handle most tasks without difficulty. When using DDR4 RAM, get two 8 gig sticks rather than 1 16 gig one to take advantage of dual channels. When using DDR5, one stick is fine, though it may be more expensive due to higher density. YMMV, choose according to your own circumstances. When it comes to speed, 3200 MT/s (NOT MHz, that is a LIE, and it makes me ANNOYED) is pretty much always a safe bet on DDR4. On DDR5, 6000 is the max that AMD can safely handle. Anything over that is playing with fire. Intel can in many cases handle 7200 without breaking a sweat.

Storage: 1 TB SSDs are extremely cheap now, you can get high speed NVMe ones for around 50 bucks. Do so. I would recommend something from Intel or Solidigm (same engineers, they just work for a different sticker now). If you want or need more storage, you can get dirt cheap SATA SSDs and HDDs, but they should generally not be used for storing games or other things that require high performance.

Graphics Card: And now, the part where I get egged off stage for being too right for people to handle. There are currently three major graphics card manufacturers, all of whom are worth consideration depending on your needs and your budget. Nvidia holds the performance crown, and never fails to remind us of this fact as it charges exorbitantly inflated prices for its products. Their current gen products are largely a waste of sand. However, their last generation, the RTX 30-series, is definitely worth considering, especially the RTX 3060 and 3060 Ti, if they can be found at a sub-300 dollar price point (though the Intel Arc A770 16GB does have them beat in many cases). AMD and Intel both bring compelling offerings to the table across the whole stack, with some highliths being the AMD Radeon RX 7600 and 7800 XT, and the Intel Arc A750 and A770 16GB.

Case: The case is going to be the part of your system you look at the most, so make it the one you like looking at the most. Fractal Design, Lian Li, and InWin all make excellent cases, as does Corsair. The Fractal Design North, Corsair 4000D Airflow, and Lian Li O11 Dynamic are all excellent cases, and if you can get me an In Win DUBILI I will eat you out.

Sidebar: Cooling

PC components give off heat, and that heat needs to be managed. This is a significant aspect of PC building, and I felt it deserved its own little heading rather than to just be lost in the sauce of the rest of the post. The main concerns with cooling are thermal transfer, airflow, and noise. Let's go through them one by one.

Thermal Transfer

This refers to taking heat from a heat-generating component, and moving it away from it. Graphics cards will already come with their own in-built cooling solution, and SSDs and stuff don't give off enough heat for it to be a serious concern for the most part. The main place where thermal transfer becomes a relevant concept is the CPU. We can move heat away from the CPU by using a CPU cooler. Many CPUs come with one in the box, but you can also buy a separate one. There are two main types of coolers, air, and liquid. Air coolers use large, dense aluminium finstacks which are exposed to a lot of moving air (discussed more in the section on airflow) to move heat away from the CPU and then away from the inside of the computer entirely assuming you can afford a decent thermal solution that has both intake and exhaust rather than just intake like I have at the moment please send help. Liquid coolers use thermally-conductive liquids like ethylene glycol, which come into indirect contact with the CPU through a copper coldplate before flowing up into a radiator, where dense aluminium finstacks get air blown through them to dissipate heat. Air coolers are generally cheaper and more reliable due to less moving parts (i.e none aside from the fans), but liquid coolers can oftentimes match them in price and performance while retaining similar sound profiles (more on that in a bit). However, neither type of cooler will perform to their fullest without the use of something known as a Thermal Interface Material, or TIM. The most common TIM is thermal paste, which is an electrically non-conductive gooey thing you put on your CPU before installing the cooler to fill the microscopic airgaps between the cooler's coldplate and the CPU, improving cooling performance significantly. However, thermal paste will dry out gradually, and lose performance. If you want something that won't need to be replaced every few years, try using something like Thermal Grizzly Kryosheet, which due to being a sheet of solid graphene rather than paste doesn't dry out ever.

Airflow

Airflow is the next major consideration for cooling. Congratulations, you got the heat away from the components! Now what. That hot air is now stagnating inside your case, driving up ambient temperature and making your components run far hotter than they should. To avoid such a fate, you need strong intake and exhaust airflow. For this purpose, we use fans mounted on and in the case, to move air from the outside, into the case, through the case, and then out of the case again. A lot of people on the Internet have very strong opinions about airflow, but honestly so long as your case isn't completely garbage, a few filtered (most cases nowadays come with magnetic dust filters) intakes and an exhaust should be more than sufficient to cool most modern components within acceptable margins.

Noise

Your components might run cool, but that's not of much use if the fans screech like banshees. The third and final consideration in your cooling solution is how loud and obnoxious it is going to be. The main culprit here is going to be fans, which, if impeded, will have to work doubletime to maintain temperatures, resulting in higher noise levels (though decent fans will manage this by making their sound profiles less SCREECHING BANSHEE and more of a hiss or a rumble, which isn't perceived as being as loud by human ears). However, the pumps in liquid coolers can also create an obnoxious whine if installed incorrectly, so make sure to look up the proper orientation for their installation to avoid such a fate, or to rectify it if it is already suffered.

I have no idea why I spent the past six or so hours writing this guide that no one is going to ever read but uh...I did! I might at some later point actually write up something on how to put a system together, but there's oodles of tutorials for that stuff on the Internet, so it's hardly needed.

So You Need To Buy A Computer But You Don't Know What Specs Are Good These Days

Hi.

This is literally my job.

Lots of people are buying computers for school right now or are replacing computers as their five-year-old college laptop craps out so here's the standard specs you should be looking for in a (windows) computer purchase in August 2023.

PROCESSOR

Intel i5 (no older than 10th Gen)

Ryzen 7

You can get away with a Ryzen 5 but an intel i3 should be an absolute last resort. You want at least an intel i5 or a Ryzen 7 processor. The current generation of intel processors is 13, but anything 10 or newer is perfectly fine. DO NOT get a higher performance line with an older generation; a 13th gen i5 is better than an 8th gen i7. (Unfortunately I don't know enough about ryzens to tell you which generation is the earliest you should get, but staying within 3 generations is a good rule of thumb)

RAM

8GB absolute minimum

If you don't have at least 8GB RAM on a modern computer it's going to be very, very slow. Ideally you want a computer with at least 16GB, and it's a good idea to get a computer that will let you add or swap RAM down the line (nearly all desktops will let you do this, for laptops you need to check the specs for Memory and see how many slots there are and how many slots are available; laptops with soldered RAM cannot have the memory upgraded - this is common in very slim laptops)

STORAGE

256GB SSD

Computers mostly come with SSDs these days; SSDs are faster than HDDs but typically have lower storage for the same price. That being said: SSDs are coming down in price and if you're installing your own drive you can easily upgrade the size for a low cost. Unfortunately that doesn't do anything for you for the initial purchase.

A lot of cheaper laptops will have a 128GB SSD and, because a lot of stuff is stored in the cloud these days, that can be functional. I still recommend getting a bit more storage than that because it's nice if you can store your music and documents and photos on your device instead of on the cloud. You want to be able to access your files even if you don't have internet access.

But don't get a computer with a big HDD instead of getting a computer with a small SSD. The difference in speed is noticeable.

SCREEN (laptop specific)

Personally I find that touchscreens have a negative impact on battery life and are easier to fuck up than standard screens. They are also harder to replace if they get broken. I do not recommend getting a touch screen unless you absolutely have to.

A lot of college students especially tend to look for the biggest laptop screen possible; don't do that. It's a pain in the ass to carry a 17" laptop around campus and with the way that everything is so thin these days it's easier to damage a 17" screen than a 14" screen.

On the other end of that: laptops with 13" screens tend to be very slim devices that are glued shut and impossible to work on or upgrade.

Your best bet (for both functionality and price) is either a 14" or a 15.6" screen. If you absolutely positively need to have a 10-key keyboard on your laptop, get the 15.6". If you need something portable more than you need 10-key, get a 14"

FORM FACTOR (desktop specific)

If you purchase an all-in-one desktop computer I will begin manifesting in your house physically. All-in-ones take away every advantage desktops have in terms of upgradeability and maintenance; they are expensive and difficult to repair and usually not worth the cost of disassembling to upgrade.

There are about four standard sizes of desktop PC: All-in-One (the size of a monitor with no other footprint), Tower (Big! probably at least two feet long in two directions), Small Form Factor Tower (Very moderate - about the size of a large shoebox), and Mini/Micro/Tiny (Small! about the size of a small hardcover book).

If you are concerned about space you are much better off getting a MicroPC and a bracket to put it on your monitor than you are getting an all-in-one. This will be about a million percent easier to work on than an all-in-one and this way if your monitor dies your computer is still functional.

Small form factor towers and towers are the easiest to work on and upgrade; if you need a burly graphics card you need to get a full size tower, but for everything else a small form factor tower will be fine. Most of our business sales are SFF towers and MicroPCs, the only time we get something larger is if we have to put a $700 graphics card in it. SFF towers will accept small graphics cards and can handle upgrades to the power supply; MicroPCs can only have the RAM and SSD upgraded and don't have room for any other components or their own internal power supply.

WARRANTY

Most desktops come with either a 1 or 3 year warranty; either of these is fine and if you want to upgrade a 1 year to a 3 year that is also fine. I've generally found that if something is going to do a warranty failure on desktop it's going to do it the first year, so you don't get a hell of a lot of added mileage out of an extended warranty but it doesn't hurt and sometimes pays off to do a 3-year.

Laptops are a different story. Laptops mostly come with a 1-year warranty and what I recommend everyone does for every laptop that will allow it is to upgrade that to the longest warranty you can get with added drop/damage protection. The most common question our customers have about laptops is if we can replace a screen and the answer is usually "yes, but it's going to be expensive." If you're purchasing a low-end laptop, the parts and labor for replacing a screen can easily cost more than half the price of a new laptop. HOWEVER, the way that most screens get broken is by getting dropped. So if you have a warranty with drop protection, you just send that sucker back to the factory and they fix it for you.

So, if it is at all possible, check if the manufacturer of a laptop you're looking at has a warranty option with drop protection. Then, within 30 days (though ideally on the first day you get it) of owning your laptop, go to the manufacturer site, register your serial number, and upgrade the warranty. If you can't afford a 3-year upgrade at once set a reminder for yourself to annually renew. But get that drop protection, especially if you are a college student or if you've got kids.

And never, ever put pens or pencils on your laptop keyboard. I've seen people ruin thousand dollar, brand-new laptops that they can't afford to fix because they closed the screen on a ten cent pencil. Keep liquids away from them too.

LIFESPAN

There's a reasonable chance that any computer you buy today will still be able to turn on and run a program or two in ten years. That does not mean that it is "functional."

At my office we estimate that the functional lifespan of desktops is 5-7 years and the functional lifespan of laptops is 3-5 years. Laptops get more wear and tear than desktops and desktops are easier to upgrade to keep them running. At 5 years for desktops and 3 years for laptops you should look at upgrading the RAM in the device and possibly consider replacing the SSD with a new (possibly larger) model, because SSDs and HDDs don't last forever.

COST

This means that you should think of your computers as an annual investment rather than as a one-time purchase. It is more worthwhile to pay $700 for a laptop that will work well for five years than it is to pay $300 for a laptop that will be outdated and slow in one year (which is what will happen if you get an 8th gen i3 with 8GB RAM). If you are going to get a $300 laptop try to get specs as close as possible to the minimums I've laid out here.

If you have to compromise on these specs, the one that is least fixable is the processor. If you get a laptop with an i3 processor you aren't going to be able to upgrade it even if you can add more RAM or a bigger SSD. If you have to get lower specs in order to afford the device put your money into the processor and make sure that the computer has available slots for upgrade and that neither the RAM nor the SSD is soldered to the motherboard. (one easy way to check this is to search "[computer model] RAM upgrade" on youtube and see if anyone has made a video showing what the inside of the laptop looks like and how much effort it takes to replace parts)

Computers are expensive right now. This is frustrating, because historically consumer computer prices have been on a downward trend but since 2020 that trend has been all over the place. Desktop computers are quite expensive at the moment (August 2023) and decent laptops are extremely variably priced.

If you are looking for a decent, upgradeable laptop that will last you a few years, here are a couple of options that you can purchase in August 2023 that have good prices for their specs:

14" Lenovo - $670 - 11th-gen i5, 16GB RAM, and 512GB SSD

15.6" HP - $540 - 11th-gen i5, 16GB RAM, and 256GB SSD

14" Dell - $710 - 12th-gen i5, 16GB RAM, and 256GB SSD

If you are looking for a decent, affordable desktop that will last you a few years, here are a couple of options that you can purchase in August 2023 that have good prices for their specs:

SFF HP - $620 - 10th-gen i5, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

SFF Lenovo - $560 - Ryzen 7 5000 series, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

Dell Tower - $800 - 10th-gen i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

If I were going to buy any of these I'd probably get the HP laptop or the Dell Tower. The HP Laptop is actually a really good price for what it is.

Anyway happy computering.

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